The 1995 season

Cyclone Marlene (1995)

Cyclone Marlene reached Category 4 in the South Indian between March 28, 1995 and April 11, 1995, with a lowest pressure of 920 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Cyclone Marlene, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 1995 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
March 28, 1995 to April 11, 1995
Peak strength
Category 4, 125 kt (144 mph)
Lowest pressure
920 mb (27.17 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1179 km (733 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
24.8
Identifier
SH191995

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Mar 28, 18:009.6S 77.5E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 00:009.8S 77.6E15 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 06:0010.0S 77.5E20 ktTropical storm
Mar 29, 12:0010.2S 77.3E20 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Mar 29, 18:0010.4S 77.0E20 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 00:0010.6S 76.7E25 kt998 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 06:0010.8S 76.2E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 12:0011.0S 75.6E25 kt995 mbTropical storm
Mar 30, 18:0011.3S 75.0E30 kt992 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 00:0011.6S 74.2E35 kt988 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 06:0011.9S 73.4E40 kt982 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 12:0012.1S 72.5E45 kt976 mbTropical storm
Mar 31, 18:0012.3S 71.6E50 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 00:0012.4S 70.8E55 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 06:0012.5S 70.2E65 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 12:0012.6S 69.8E75 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 1, 18:0012.8S 69.6E85 kt925 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 00:0013.1S 69.5E90 kt925 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 06:0013.5S 69.4E95 kt940 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 12:0014.0S 69.5E100 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 2, 18:0014.6S 69.4E105 kt955 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 00:0015.2S 69.3E110 kt940 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 06:0015.7S 69.2E115 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 12:0016.1S 69.3E120 kt925 mbTropical storm
Apr 3, 18:0016.4S 69.4E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 00:0016.6S 69.5E125 kt920 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 06:0016.8S 69.4E115 kt920 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 12:0017.0S 69.3E105 kt930 mbTropical storm
Apr 4, 18:0017.1S 69.3E100 kt945 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 00:0017.2S 69.3E95 kt960 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 06:0017.3S 69.2E90 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 12:0017.4S 69.2E85 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 5, 18:0017.5S 69.1E80 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 00:0017.6S 69.1E75 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 06:0017.7S 69.0E70 kt970 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 12:0017.8S 69.0E65 kt975 mbTropical storm
Apr 6, 18:0017.9S 68.9E60 kt980 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 00:0018.0S 68.9E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 06:0018.1S 69.0E55 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 12:0018.3S 69.1E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 7, 18:0018.5S 69.3E50 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 00:0018.7S 69.6E45 kt985 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 06:0018.9S 70.0E45 kt990 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 12:0019.2S 70.5E45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 8, 18:0019.4S 71.4E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 00:0019.5S 72.5E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 06:0019.6S 73.7E40 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 12:0019.7S 75.1E40 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 9, 18:0019.9S 76.7E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 00:0020.2S 78.5E35 kt992 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 06:0020.6S 80.6E35 kt995 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 12:0021.1S 83.1E35 kt998 mbTropical storm
Apr 10, 18:0021.8S 86.1E30 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Apr 11, 00:0022.7S 89.8E30 kt1004 mbMixed

Other South Indian storms of 1995

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.